Identity
Person No.
7899
Service No.
78387
Last Name
First Name
John Devitt Elrick
Initials
J D E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Son of William and Elizabeth (nee Moir) Gartly, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Ethel Maud Gartly, of Johannesburg. His brother also died on service
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